Oscars: Michelle Yeoh Makes History as First Asian Best Actress Nominee

Michelle Yeoh had to wait 59 years before she was cast in the lead in a Hollywood movie. And it has taken 95 years for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to award the title of best actress to a woman who identifies as Asian. The Malaysian-born performer, who rose to fame in Hong Kong's film industry before making a successful transition to the international arena, received her anticipated Academy Award nomination on Tuesday morning for her complex portrayal in A24's Everything Everywhere All at Once. The 60-year-old revered icon, who is well-known in the United States for her supporting (yet scene-stealing) roles in movies like Crazy Rich Asians, Tomorrow Never Dies, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, has received her first career Oscar nomination. For the Academy, however, the accomplishment

"It took a very long time. But I think this is greater than me," Yeoh said of the unprecedented nomination in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday following the nominations announcement. "Asians are continuously approaching me and telling me, 'You can do it, you're doing it for us,' at the moment. It sounds like "I get it." I completely comprehend. They haven't been acknowledged or heard for all this time. Historically, the Oscars' best actress category has been among the whitest and least diverse in the organisation, at least among the four acting races. Sole a small percentage of nominees are women from the global majority, and Halle Berry, who won Monster's Ball more than 20 years ago, is the only one. Only a few of Black women have

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